| Economy of Haiti |
| Currency |
1 Haitian Gourde (HTG) |
| Fiscal year |
1 October – 30 September |
| Trade organisations |
CARICOM and WTO |
| Statistics [1] |
| GDP ranking |
128th by volume (at PPP) (2005); 159th by per capita (at PPP) (2005) |
| GDP (PPP) |
$12.05 billion (2004 est.) |
| GDP growth |
-3.5% (2004 est.) |
| GDP per capita |
$1,500 (2004 est.) |
| GDP by sector |
agriculture (30%), industry (20%), services (50%) (2004 est.) |
| Inflation |
22% (2004 est.) |
| Pop below poverty line |
80% (2003 est.) |
| Labour force |
3.6 million |
| Labour force by occupation |
agriculture (66%), industry (9%), services (25%) |
| Unemployment |
widespread unemployment and underemployment; more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (2002 est.) |
| Main industries |
sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly, industries based on imported parts |
| Trading Partners [2] |
| Exports |
$338.1 million f.o.b. (2004 est.) |
| Main partners |
U.S. 81.8%, Dominican Republic 7.2%, Canada 4.2% (2004) |
| Imports |
$1.085 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.) |
| Main Partners |
U.S. 52.9%, Dominican Republic 6%, Japan 2.9% (2004) |
| Public finances [3] |
| Public debt |
N/A |
| External debt |
$1.4 billion (2006 est.) |
| Revenues |
$330.2 million (2004 est.) |
| Expenses |
$529.6 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.) |
| Economic aid |
$150 million (FY04 est.) |
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